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La Toilette de Vénus

1751
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 631
Madame de Pompadour, maîtresse de Louis XV, admirait tant Boucher qu’elle fut son mécène à partir de 1747 et jusqu’à sa mort en 1764. Cette œuvre célèbre est l’une des deux qu’elle commanda pour le cabinet de toilette de son château de Bellevue, près de Paris. En 1750, elle tint à Versailles le rôle principal d’une pièce intitulée La Toilette de Vénus, et même si le personnage de la toile ne lui ressemble pas, l’allusion flatteuse n’est pas à exclure.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: La Toilette de Vénus
  • Artiste: François Boucher, Français, 1703–1770
  • Date: 1751
  • Technique: Huile sur toile
  • Dimensions: 108,3 x 85,1 cm
  • Crédits: Legs de William K. Vanderbilt, 1920
  • Accession Number: 20.155.9
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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